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The range of the vermilion flycatcher extends north to southern 

 California (Cushenbury Ranch) ; southern Nevada (probably Ala- 

 mo and Pahrump) ; southern Utah (probably St. George and the 

 Virgin River Valley) ; New Mexico (Alma and Mesilla) ; and south- 

 ern Texas (San Antonio). East to Texas (San Antonio, Somerset, 

 Corpus Christi, and Brownsville) ; Tamaulipas (Altamira) ; Quin- 

 tana Roo (Camp Mengel) ; British Honduras (Belize and Sibun 

 River) ; eastern Honduras (Segovia River) ; northeastern Colombia 

 (Valencia) ; Venezuela (Altagracia and Ciudad Bolivar) ; Brazil 

 (Caviana Island, Canuman, Forte de Rio Branco, Cuyaba, and Ta- 

 quara) ; and Uruguay (San Vincente). South to Uruguay (San 

 Vincente and Paysandu) ; and central Argentina (Cape San Antonio, 

 Lomas de Zamora, and Victorica). West to western Argentina (Vic- 

 torica, Mendoza, and Concepcion) ; southwestern Bolivia (Tolo- 

 iiiosa) ; Peru (Lima and Pacasmayo) ; Galapagos Archipelago 

 (Charles, Narborough, Bindloe, and Abingdon Islands) ; Guerrero 

 (Chilpancingo) ; Sinaloa (Escuinapa) ; Baja California (Santiago, 

 San Joaquin, and probably San Ramon) ; and California (Mecca 

 Indian Wells, and Cushenbury Ranch). 



The range as outlined is for the entire species, which has been 

 separated into several races. Only one, Pyroccphalus ruhinus mexi- 

 canus, occurs in the United States. This subspecies ranges south to 

 southern Mexico. 



Casual records. — A specimen was collected at Avery Island, La., 

 on December 22, 1934, and another at Baton Rouge, in that State, on 

 February 7, 1938. One was taken on March 25, 1901, near Talla- 

 hassee, Fla. 



Egg dates. — Arizona: 70 records, March 4 to July 4; 36 records, 

 April 30 to May 28, indicating the height of the season. 



California : 4 records, March 20 to May 9. 



Lower California: 36 records, April 7 to June 3; 18 records, May 

 4 to 18. 



Texas: 16 records, March 25 to June 23; 8 records, April 14 to 

 May 3. 



CAMPTOSTOMA IMBERBE Sclater 



BEARDLESS FLYCATCHER 



HABITS 



This curious little flycatcher finds the northern limit of its range 

 in southern Arizona and the valley of the lower Rio Grande in 

 Texas; it is widely distributed in Mexico and Central America but 

 is rare and not well known at the northern limits of its range. 

 William Brewster (1882b) attempted to separate the Arizona bird 



